Dumping-car



K- MALcHEn.

v DUMPING CAR. 'APPLICATION FILED JULY 5,1917.

Patented Mar. 8,

Kon/2,90 Mwah/7? PATENT OFFICE.

KONRAD MLCHER, OF GLEIWITZ, GERMANY.

DUMPING-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mai-L 8, 192i( Application filed July 5, 1917. Serial No.178,860.

To all Quia/)m t may OnCe/m.'

Be it known that l, Komaan Maronnn, a subject of the King of Prussia,German Emperor, and resident oi Teucherstrasse, Glei- Upper Siiesia,Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bumping-Cars, ofwhich the following is a speciiication.

ln Sonie classes of railway cars the bottom consists oi central,longitudinal, lined portion and two side parts hinged to the saidcentral n m and capable oi being thrown baci; to Ameer Their outer abovet thus vform inclined surfaces over which the contents oi the car maysli le out oi same and 'fall down at both sides of the trank.

According to the pr upper iiange oi tile gir sent invention the p ers isattached to the lined section of the Car bottoni and the web extenosslantingly outwardly, the lower flange extending substantiallyhorizontally outwardly, so that, when the movable par ot the bottom areopened upwardly, the webs oi the girdere forni a prolongation oi theslanting surface of the upturned bottom parte along which the contentsof the car slide out on to the rails. The web may also fe curved incross section. One advantage le construction, is that the bottoni of theunt or track. r may be rolled or they may be the parte may be rivetedtotiroughout tle several views z jeigure l is a vertical longitudinalsection car irnilar ection tl rou through the s pai s sine drawn on anenlarge-l scale,

ed more closely over theV Figs. 3 and l are similar part sections elinodiiied forms oi' the invention.

The fixed part o of the car bottom is supported on the upper flange or"the longitudinally disposed girders a., the webs of which are slantedoutwardly. The angle iornied' between the web and the lowe [lange @maybe filled out with wood or other suitable material as at l to 'form onecontinuous sliding surface for the car load, when the bottom door hasbeen thrown back. The inclined surface may be prolonged by means of anoutwardly downwardly inclined plate f.

is illustrated at Fig. l a girder of E:- sliaped cross-section may beemployed, the web o slanting outwardly.

l claim as my invention i. in a dumping car the combination oi alongitudinal fixed bottom portion and lateral movable portions hinged tothe said portion, girders mounted substantially at the edges ot said`fixed portion and having their webs slanting downwardly and outwardly,the angle between the lower llange and the web being filled out to iorniun interrupted inclined. plane with the web.

2. in a dumping car the combination et a longitudinal fixed bottoniportion and latmove-.bln portions hinged to the said eral iixed portion,girders mounted substantially at the edges of said fixed portion andhai?- ing their webs slanting downwardly and outwardly, the anglebetween the lower iiange and the web being JFilled out to `form anuninterinptedv inclined plane with the web, and an outwardly inclinedplate attached to the lower flange oi' the girder to form a continuationof a sliding surface.

ln testimony whereof l have ailixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses. KGNRA llliliCHlll. lvlitnesses LOUIS KATZ, LOTTE LEWIN.

